ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,292, issued on June 17, was assigned to Littelfuse Inc. (Chicago).

"Thin film coating packaging for device having meltable and wetting links" was invented by Yuriy Borisovich Matus (Pleasanton, Calif.), Martin G. Pineda (Fremont, Calif.), Boris Golubovic (Chicago) and Deepak Nayar (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for creating a dielectric thin-film coating for devices having a fusible element is disclosed. The method comprises mixing insoluble and soluble polymers in solid form and exposing the mixture to heat to create a melt mixture. The melt mixture is then dissolved in a solvent to create a slurry which can then b...